Orders, Decorations and Medals of the United Kingdom

Links and Other References

Acknowledgements

Tony Farrell, Marco Gravers, Andrew Pattison and Martin Wagner who have sent me pictures, and Lukasz Graszewski for the Royal Family Orders. Ian McCloud sent a picture of his own Ambulance Service (Emergency Duties) LS & GC Medal. Freddie of Philip Burman Military Medals (UK) who is also sending me pictures, Gareth Ollard for the 8th Army bar to the Italy Star and Rowley Jones for information on Ambulance Service awards.

Grateful thanks to Dix Noonan Webb, eMedals, the London Medal Company, Morton & Eden, Spink & Son and Liverpool Medals, who have allowed use of pictures from their catalogues.

Links

The Ministry of Defence - Medals Office - terms of award & how to apply

Directgov - Honours, awards and Medals - information about the British Honours System and how they are awarded.

Antonio Prieto Barrio - Ribbons of the United Kingdom - Page 1 - Page 2

Eric Bush - Ribbons of Britain

David Devine - Rusty Knight's Place: British Medals

Lukasz Gaszewski - British Commonwealth Decorations Ribbon Rackbuilder

Jean-Paul LeBlanc - Medals of Britain (Archived July 2014)

Hendrik Meersschaert - Hendrik's Medal Corner: Great Britain and the Commonwealth

Jeremy Newman - Jeremy's Medals: UK

Paul Nixon - British Army Medals

Ilja Repetski - World Awards: United Kingdom

Stephen Stratford - UK Medals - part of an excellent site on various military matters.

Mario Volpe - Tavole ordini REGNO UNITO

Norman Wood - Royal Jersey Militia - an excellent site that includes medals awarded to the Militia.

Yuri Yashnev - For Merit: United Kingdom

Britain's Small Wars - a former wonderful resource on British military activity around the world between 1945 and 1992, which appears to being redeveloped according to its Facebook page.

MedalBook - United Kingdom

Text References

Anon. (2018) Operational Service Medal, Iraq and Syria. Journal of the Orders and Medals Research Society 57(4): 225.

Abbott, P.E. and Tamplin, J.M.A. (1971) British Gallantry Awards Guinness Superlatives, London.

Ball, R.W.D., and Peters, P. (1994) Military Medals, Decorations & Orders of the United States & Europe: A photographic study to the beginning of WW2. Atglen, PA, Schiffer Publishing Ltd.

Barac, B. (2010) Reference Catalogue Orders, Medals and Decorations of the World Part 2: Bronze Book (D-G) OBOL, Zagreb.

Безруков М. П., Туровский А. Е. (2013) Награды государств мира. Тула: Гриф и К [Bezrukov M.P., Turovsky A.E. (2013) Awards of the States of the World. Tula: Grif and K.]

Cole, H. N. (1977) Coronation and Royal Commemorative Medals 1887-1977.

Davis, E.H. (2018) New Nova Scotia Baronet's Badge. Journal of the Orders and Medals Research Society 57(1): 50-51.

Duckers, P. (2013) British Military Medals: A Guide for the Collector and Family Historian 2nd Edition. Pen & Sword Books, Barnsley.

Emering, E.J. (2004) Medals of the 21st Century Afghanistan War: Including Operation "Enduring Freedom" and the International Security Assistance Force Journal of the Orders and Medals Society of America 55(5):2-16.

Emering, E.J. (2023) The Battle of Maida Medal The Phalerist: Journal of the International Phaleristics Association 1(1): 4-5.

Gould, R.W. (1972) Campaign Medals of the British Army 1815-1972 Arms & Armour.

Hanham, A. (2016) The Politics of Chivalry: Sir Robert Walpole, the Duke of Montagu and the Order of the Bath. Parliamentary History 35: 262-297.

Hieronymussen, P. (1967) Orders, Medals and Decorations of Britain and Europe Blandford, London.

Horridge, G. (2019) Salvation Army orders and medals. Journal of the Orders and Medals Research Society 58(1): 22-27.

Ingram, K.R. (1993) Honors, Medals and Awards of the Korean War 1950-1953 Prospect Press, New York

McDowell, C.P. (2020) The West Africa Ebola Crisis: The United States and United Kingdom Campaign Medals. Journal of the Orders and Medals Society of America 71(3):22-25.

Micic, Z. (2021) The National Crime Agency Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. Journal of the Orders and Medals Research Society 60(3): 215.

Mussell, J.W. (Ed.) (2016) Medals Yearbook 2016 Token Publishing Ltd., Deveon.

Narbeth, P. (1971) Collecting Military Medals: A Beginner's Guide Lutterworth Press, Cambridge.

Risk, J. C. (1972) The History of the Order of the Bath Spink & Son, London.

Vaux, W.S.W. (1869) On English and Foreign Waterloo Medals. The Numismatic Chronicle 9: 108-170, London.

Royal Charters and Statutes of The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem (2004) (Archived June 2011)